LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 782, 28 March 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

e The death of Mr fieorgc Kisher, JJf,H.K.„ recalls the fact that of nine |jhysicians, who nearly twenty-live years ago pronounce:! him to lie .suffering from a triple complication 01 the heart, and' gave him only twelve months to live, he survived them all.

In connection with the Birkdale outrage it is reported 'that a gumdigger, living- at Henderson, was arrested on suspicion on Tuesday by Constable Mowe. He was brought into Auckland for Uiu purpose of identification, being placed among a number of others. The girl was, however, una'bie to identify the man, and he was released.

At present there are no less than acres of Crown lands open for selection in diflerenfc. parts of the colony/ jWesllund heads the list with 941,267 acres, while Auckland comes second with 893,970 acres. Then Nelson, with 3J2.801 acres. Southland with 189,001, Tnranaki with 126,887, Wellington with 111,-IC>l, (Mago with 05,777, Canterbury with oti,13a, Hnwke's liny with 0.">,7(H, and Marlborough with l.'iO,

The case of Samuel (Jrimes was further mentioned before ■the !S.M. on .Monday. In February last (1 rimes, an Imperial and Old Age pensioner, had accepted the alternative of leaving the Old People's Home rather than consent to a prohibition order 'being issued against him. When the application by Arthur l-'urrar, manager at the Home, for a prohibition order came Ibpfore the Court, however, defendant' infonmed the Court that he would consent to a prohibition order and return to the Home. Mr Hutchinson, S.M., in stating that he would have to look through the papers told defendant that he thought he would have to have his> old age pension cancelled, ashc'hsid'.violated the conditions under which it was granted. On Monday it was reported to the Magistrate that (j rimes had conducted himself well in the Home in the interim, and his pension of £lB per 'annum was thereupon reinstated, with the caution that it would only remain in force :so long as the recipient observed tho prohifciUou prdej'i

A Syilncy cable 'sajs that two cases of plague have occurred ac Newcastle. »

As a result of tho action of the. Law. Society, the Law School in connection with the Duuedin University has been re-established. The Taranaki Maori Council dis- ' trict is gazetted as a districtt within which Lfcruor must not be supplied to Maoris.

Owing to tho continued spell of dry wefl.il:>!- many resikle.r.ts on tin; hife'h luvels surrounding Wellington are rather short of watei".

It was stated at the no-license meeting by the Ita. .1. Dawson in Wellington that the New Zealand Alliance has entered upon a campaign which would cost from £;moo to £IOOO-before the local option poll was taken.

In a spirit of comtiiumlu'blc liberality the Stratford Horough t'oiincil has granted a free supply of water to the residence of the hewd toucher of the local school. On being applied to by the committee the chairman of the Bducn-licn Hoard sanctioned an expenditure not exceeding two pounds* for the necessary connection and fittings.

An immense held 0 f petroleum oil has been discovered in Kansas. The Standard Oil Company closed a contract with the owners and discovery's to purchase the entire output at the rate o'l <U 2d per barrel, and projected a pipe lino from the oillieldsin Kansas to its refinery at "luting, Indiana, n distance of 800 miles.

A \irgininn buck arrived in Nelson on Fnduy morning- (says the Mail), having been consigned to the Nelson Acclimatisation Society by the Government. The buck was placed in ths grounds oil the Union bank, but after it was released it cleared the seven-foot fence enclosing the ground, and escaped. It was pursued through Bridge Street bv several people, and the chase continued to the Maitai Valley, where several people arc still engaged in the search for the -beast. lp to noon on Saturday the buck had not been captured, and the chances are that nothing nioro will be Been of the escapee. It was intended to forward the deer .to Wainui, where there are several does, the bucks placed there, it is believed, having nil died. A pantomime entitled ' A Dusky Broach of Promise Case ' was produced in the hall of St. Saviour's Cfaurch.Oxford street, London, recently, by deaf mutes. A deaf chairman presided, and a deaf artist had pa'inted the drop scene, while the pantomime had been written by a deaf playwright, Mr 11. T. Baker. 'Hie performers tapered, grinned, and gesticulated with such effect that the strange audience shook with voiceless laughter as they followed the antics of those on the stage) Living pictures, at which none but (leal and dumb people took part lollowed. But the last item on the programme was the most renrarUaible <M all. No music- broke the .silence as the audinnce rose to - sign " 'God save the King.' Slowly trey ticked oil each verse on their fingers, nodding in time as they did so. Tho survey, of the proposed railway to Hanmer, Canterbury, is proceeding. Tiro Minister for Public floras (Mr I-lull-.Jo.ic*) is of opinion that, presuming it is decided to go on with the construction of the lino, tho Government should estuliJ ash a motor couch between Culver-! den and Hanmer, which, during the period the line would be under construction would serve to create thoi add tional nec-ssary trallle r<* |;U i.vd Lr.« T.° iS to ~c n ""inc-ial succ.fs lie suggests that the un-tori-dged r.vers on- the route shou'd 1,0 **!*?* with structures *£- rt ov iranK - r, -«mi tei has had the estimates n.-iiured sWng the cost of estiiWish n' such a service, providing for three m ~,?• coaches, each capable of « rrv K or <JO passengers, ami fo.? u\cpa%™g shop at C'ulvcrden. He est. n * that the service „■„„,/ , 'tsclf ,n at least five vcaf' u- h •he establishment of „ 1 ,h it .night be possible to twte week-end excursions betwe ,1 Ohr.stch.irch and Jf un ,mr. Municipal councils are at Um,a called upon to deal with complaints of a character not provided for !„ he Municipalities or the Nuisance" ;,i ;™ r T A f ls <*>.™ the S.vdnev IJa.K Jeleyraph). One of these novel Complaints hns Just co Hexley Council, when the Kev. Oco r«e re™ ir U * hl ,di °'' lVo1 " *»»' he ugai-ded as- an intolerable nuisance -namely, the industrious Ijittle ant He pointed out that there were very lively | specimens of this insect in stree ~b^f; SlrCCt - aD;I n)s " of the n,h Wure URin e 01 the pathway, and were a „ r eat inconvenience to pedestriaas. h ill k r VU ' Council co Id not do something to mitigate the v.l. He concluded bis letter bv suit Th'„. , " my say tllat »>y wife and I have been making continual war tarT\.°' l i" 0 »«*» round us-usl injr the shovel, fire, and water-but even then they 'don't seem to take 'sVli'V' 1 * 11 the -v -e not wanted as neighbours or household comp-,n-wr^u,!,^ 1 WDinCnt --»««"-- Vr W J B,V V , ollc,t ' lful intelligence." ; . ",: J ' etcher, another ratepnyreiief f° U,,P^ k ' d l ° lho Council ~r craoa to inform the writers th-vf *V» are being taken to o£ t , the sn ti,e i,,si, « c^' - -

doing much wort ial.eh Wi s of™ oner polnvtsd out that' mere ienn ~ " t; 1 (lid r< «*?.£ -uniw. for a murderer to lie r..n„>, fo f criminal reS ponsibmt' X it , t' ■e shown that hj« is incapable of d^ J'c wished to know why juries rVL urncthis verdict WtnaVu an in hIITV. l ° assi »» 0 that no h?"iif 8n ~,ind »°"1" take doubt admits lanat.or,, as at one time it was the only ii K (.ins wherchv jurj.x. n k! past could circuiuvelu'uehn which decreed the penalty of ) n . Zl 1 he e Wt I '°Th^ U>n is now n,; e Col '° nw ,l,i » l « thwc \tiditt. Less than a ceuturv airo lh.> custom of burial at four crossroads ■ «as observed at Manchester the Hsi reaped having tak™ ',, ace'ln 1831. Several cases were emoted I ■show the imlignities t„ whipl, Zlics 1 suicides were submitted, and J„ deied at that juries sought to ovario the law by what may , w called a pious n-aud. a HOLLOWAY'S TILLS AND OINTMBKT.

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To-day jtj the fovtjMHUii anniversary of the battle of AVaireka.

To-morrow evening at "The Pines" the -Garrison Band will give their fourth municipal conceit. The funeral of the tote Mr Hugh Parson Mills will lea re Mr 1'". N. Mills' residence, On'.afca,to-duy at 12 noon for the Tatumimaka cemetery. Detective Cassels arrived on Monday evening by tho mail train with a prisoner named Morris, alias Neal, who will he charged at the Police Court to-day with the thefi of a watch from the person of Mr George Boullon.

.Inks Verne has written almost a hundred books. His last story is culled •' Lo Voyage Extraordinaire," and the vehicle described in it, in which the " voyage " is made, combines the qualities of an electrical ship, an automobile, arid a submai',ine boat. This charming machine is adapted for u;:e on sea, on land-, or in tl'.v air, and it can ibo made to move at the rate of one hundred and lifty niiks an hour !

Captain Belli inger aitended at Uiu Council meeting on Monday night and gave detailed information as to Ihe Fire llrigade's a[iplieation lo remove tho East End lire ttnlion to, a better site. The station had only been on Mr Skinner's properly on sulfram-o, ami now the brigade had secured another site more convenient lor the East, End requirements, and situated directly opposite the Cambridge boarding-house in Devon Street. The Council gave permission for the removal, and also grunted- th'e services of the municicipal staff and carts to. assist the brigade in the "move on." This work will be supervised by the engineer

It has leaked out. Itecently the residents of Bulls were the victimsof a bold bad marauder who acquired the habit of chicken raising and meat safe robbing. At the instigation of local people a new policeman was brought on the scone to play deteelivo. A local J.p. who had been 1 complaining bitterly about a pair of plucked ducks which had winged their pinionless way to parts unknown was the first victim;. Out lato one night for a game of bridge, he reached home in the oarlies, and whilst stabling his- horse disturbed the domestic poultry, which raised the customary protest. Then a queer thing happened. As ho made exit irom the stable door a hand came Irom nowhere, and a voice cxclnimed : •• Now I've got ye yez blackguard, com wid me ! " and immediately lie felt a tightening on .his neck and aethers, and saw lusi feet' throwing out in front of him in menace to the distant horizon. A quarter of a m,Mc distant the procession stopped .for breath. Then the d.l . wiped his damp brow and explained.

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